Apologies if I missed it, but is it mandatory to remove the upper trim piece before levering off the light switch assembly? The video on the ECS web site seems to show it is not, but I'm not 100% certain that applies to an '09 E92?

Character does count. For too long we have gotten by in a society that says the only thing right is to get by and the only thing wrong is to get caught. Character is doing what's right when nobody is looking... " --J. C. Watts